Texas Lignite Specimen
Abundant resource important to industrial energy production
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Lignite is commonly referred to as "brown coal" and was first mined in central and east Texas in the 1850s. While lignite has not been a major power source since oil and gas became readily available in the 1940s and 1950s, it is still used to generate electricity for power plants in Texas.
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Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
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Time Period: 1937 - 1945
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